Koch C James who is Chairman at Boston Beer Company sold 2,000 shares at $241.55 on Nov. 15, 2013. Following this transaction, the Chairman owned 19,864 shares meaning that the stake was reduced by 9.15% with the 2,000 share transaction.

Grinnell David L. who is Vice President of Brewing at Boston Beer Company sold 691 shares at $240.51 on Nov. 15, 2013. Following this transaction, the Vice President of Brewing owned 2,614 shares meaning that the stake was reduced by 20.91% with the 691 share transaction.

The shares most recently traded at $240.26, down $0.25, or 0.1% since the insider transaction. Historical insider transactions for Boston Beer Company go as follows:

4-Week # shares sold: 7,000

12-Week # shares sold: 7,000

24-Week # shares sold: 22,550

The average volume for Boston Beer Company has been 48,300 shares per day over the past 30 days. Boston Beer Company has a market cap of $2.1 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector and food & beverage industry. Shares are up 80.68% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday.

The Boston Beer Company, Inc. engages in the production and sale of alcohol beverages primarily in the United States, Canada, Europe, Israel, the Caribbean, the Pacific Rim, and Mexico. The company has a P/E ratio of 47.6. Currently there is 1 analyst that rates Boston Beer Company a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and none rate it a hold.

TheStreet Quant Ratings rates Boston Beer Company as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, increase in net income, good cash flow from operations, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and solid stock price performance. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company is trading at a premium valuation based on our review of its current price compared to such things as earnings and book value. Get the full Boston Beer Company Ratings Report from TheStreet Quant Ratings now.